PLATO focal plane assembly (FPA) preliminary design review hold in Madrid, June 2019

Between 17th June till 19th June, the preliminary design review co-location meeting of the FPA took place at INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), Madrid, Spain. The FPA is part of the PLATO payload that is accomodated in each of the 26 PLATO cameras. Every single FPA hosts 4 CCDs that are provided by the European Space Agency (http://sci.esa.int/plato/61282-plato-ccd).

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